SB 817 VA

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School boards; public middle and high schools; parental notification of course registration deadlines and processes required. Requires each school board to develop and implement, by the start of the 2026-2027 school year, policies requiring each public middle and high school in the school division to provide, at least 30 days prior to the course registration deadline, parental notification by email or SMS text message to the parent of each student in the public middle or high school of course enrollment deadlines and the process for requesting changes to the student's course selection.

• David R. Suetterlein Republican · primary

1. Jan 23, 2026 Presented and ordered printed 26105676D · upper
2. Jan 23, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education and Health · upper
3. Jan 28, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB817) · upper
4. Feb 5, 2026 Assigned Education sub: Public Education · upper
5. Feb 5, 2026 Senate subcommittee offered · upper
6. Feb 12, 2026 Reported from Education and Health with substitute (15-Y 0-N) · upper
7. Feb 12, 2026 Senate committee offered · upper
8. Feb 12, 2026 Committee substitute printed 26107357D-S1 · upper
9. Feb 13, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
10. Feb 13, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (36-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
11. Feb 13, 2026 Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
12. Feb 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB817) · upper
13. Feb 16, 2026 Read second time · upper
14. Feb 16, 2026 Education and Health Substitute agreed to · upper
15. Feb 16, 2026 Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute Block Vote (Voice Vote) · upper
16. Feb 16, 2026 Rules suspended · upper
17. Feb 16, 2026 Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 3rd reading) (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
18. Feb 16, 2026 Read third time and passed Senate Block Vote (39-Y 0-N 0-A) · upper
19. Feb 16, 2026 Blank Action · upper
20. Feb 24, 2026 Placed on Calendar · lower
21. Feb 24, 2026 Read first time · lower
22. Feb 24, 2026 Referred to Committee on Education · lower
23. Feb 26, 2026 Assigned HED sub: K-12 Subcommittee · lower
24. Mar 3, 2026 Subcommittee recommends reporting (10-Y 0-N) · lower
25. Mar 4, 2026 Reported from Education (21-Y 0-N) · lower
26. Mar 6, 2026 Read second time · lower
27. Mar 9, 2026 Read third time · lower
28. Mar 9, 2026 Passed House (96-Y 0-N 0-A) · lower
29. Mar 13, 2026 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB817) · upper
30. Mar 13, 2026 Enrolled · upper
31. Mar 13, 2026 Bill text as passed Senate and House (SB817ER) · upper
32. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by Speaker · lower
33. Mar 13, 2026 Signed by President · upper
34. Mar 14, 2026 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 14, 2026 · upper
35. Mar 14, 2026 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 13, 2026 · executive
36. Apr 8, 2026 Approved by Governor-Chapter 523 (effective 7/1/2026) · executive
37. Apr 8, 2026 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0523) · executive

The published texts of this bill as it moves through the legislature. Each links to the official document on the state legislature site. Data from OpenStates.

• Chaptered · PDF
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• Enrolled · PDF
• Enrolled · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
• Education and Health Substitute · HTML
• Education and Health Substitute · PDF
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• Introduced · PDF
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